Pictures from Newroz celebration in Mehabad
Link to pictures from Newroz, Kurdish new year, celebration in the city of Mehabad.Link to article
Posts Tagged ‘PDKI’
The Kurds of Iran: A Look at their Past, Present and Future
The Middle East Institute hosted Carol Prunhuber, my colleague Sharif Behruz who works as the PDKI’s U.S. representative and my brother Idris Ahmedi to speak about the political, social and human rights status of Iran’s Kurds Below you can watch videos from the discussion.
In memory of our dear friend Yousef
In memory of our dear friend Yousef Faghihi who was killed together with three other brave Peshmergas by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on the 21 of August last year. Today would have been Yousefs birthday. We all miss him very much.
Some pictures of Yousef:
Being an “Enemy of God” in Iran
According to Iran’s penal code an individual that is convicted of conducting “Mohareb”, (which means waging war) against God should be executed. The regime in Iran has used this notion of “Enemy of God” to crack down on all forms of dissident since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979.
It began when Ayatollah Khomeini [...]
